Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Please, see the Pico Spring Series Results in the Clubhouse notice board.
Congratulations, we have great results.

We plan the prize giving on cadet night Friday 17 June 2016.

With Nick Alston we plan to run a 3 day Pico race training over the bank holiday weekend for cadets.
This is going to be fun, relaxed atmosphere, no pressure.
We will support cadets with different level of experience and competitiveness.

Parents and adult Pico sailors are welcome.
Cadets with different boats, BIC, bug, RS Tera, Optimist, Topper, Laser 4.7 and other boats sailed by cadets are welcome.
Meeting in the dinghy park, changed and rigged.

Meeting times as follows (same time as the club race starts):

28th of May, Saturday 15:00
29th of May, Sunday 16:00
30th of May, Bank Holiday Monday 17:00

It is going to be a similar experience to the recent Pico races.

1. briefing on the beach, short demonstration of skills
2. warm up with reaching back and forth around two pencil marks, tacking
(figure of eight course, similar to the first few Pico races this season)
3. starting practice
4. mini practice races
5. debrief

The 3 day program is going to build up skills. We would like you all to come to all 3 days, but we understand that this is not possible for everyone. Cadets are welcome to join in any day.

Expressing interest, signing up would be helpful to us, but this is not mandatory.

See you on the water.

Kind regards:

Andras

Andras Gal
Pico Class Captain

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Click on the link to see how fantastic Allen Burrell is doing in Italy.

Next Saturday 21st May is the beginning of the Summer Saturday Series. 

This is calling all Cadets to join in with the adult racing using a special Cadet Buoy.  

The races will be approximately 50 minutes long and use a shorter course. Perfect for 11 to 15 year olds! Any class of dinghy, helm and crew or single handed.

Cadets: All you need to do is turn up at least one hour before the race and (optional) find me. I will help you understand the course, brief you on the number of laps and even get you on the water!

Remember there are club Picos and a RS Feva available on a first come first served basis.

So, let’s have a big turn out for our first BIG RACE on Saturday 21st May. This week’s race starts at 11.03 for Cadets.

Your guide, but I will explain it all on Saturday.

Cadet course

• There will be an optional briefing 1 hour before start.
• The race will be a windward leeward course starting at the committee boat. It will be the second start with the Fast and Slow Monohulls at ‘Start time’ plus 3 minutes.
• First check the number of laps on the blackboard at the top of the slipway.
• Once on the water, go to the Committee boat and look for the last number on the BACK of the boat, which indicates D on the diagram.
• On the starting signal, you will cross the line and beat to the CADET BUOY, which is a special orange buoy marked with CADET. This will be your windward mark.
• Check whether a Red or Green flag is displayed on the Committee boat; Red means leave marks to port, Green means leave marks to starboard.
• Run or reach down to the course. You must NOT go through the line on the downwind leg (as in the sailing instructions).
• Beat up through the line to the Cadet buoy and continue until the displayed number of laps are completed.
• As you cross the line the committee boat will record your time. They will not give you a signal. Your race is then finished.
• Remember to ‘sign on’ and ‘sign off’ using the CADET sheet in the Bosun’s hut.

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Please, see our YouTube channel for the trapezoid course for Sunday.

TBYCPicofleet

Next Pico race 8th of May, Sunday, start at 13:20
Proposed meeting time is 12:00 in the dinghy park.
Similar structure, as previously.
Demonstration of close hauled sailing by the jib on the grass, if enough wind.
Demonstration of lying to (standing still).
Otherwise dry practice.
I am thinking about a trapezoid course (modified triangular course).

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Next Pico race 8th of May, Sunday, start at 13:20
Proposed meeting time is 12:00 in the dinghy park.
Similar structure, as previously.
Demonstration of close hauled sailing by the jib on the grass, if enough wind.
Demonstration of lying to (standing still).
Otherwise dry practice.
I am thinking about a trapezoid course (modified triangular course).
If the weather is trying, we may stick to our gate course.

De-brief this weekend:

De-brief Pico Race 30/04/2016 at 17:20 Saturday

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Dear Cadets and Parents,

Please see our YouTube channel: TBYCPicofleet

Proposed meeting in dinghy park:
at 16:00 on Sunday
at 17:00 on Saturday

Short dry practice – optional
Rigging, changing

Briefing on the beach:
at 17:00 Saturday
at 18:00 Sunday

Race start:
at 17:20 on Saturday
at 18:20 on Sunday

Two races (about 10 minutes each)
Free sailing

De-brief and prize giving in the dinghy park after washing the boats.

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Improved version, for Sunday Pico race – race course plan

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Third Pico race of the season coming this Sunday.
Dress warmly, forecast suggests that it could get windy.
Offshore wind is expected, will be sheltered near the beach.
Put on many layers, winter hat, scarf.

Proposed meeting in dinghy park at 12:00
Short dry practice – optional
Rigging, changing
Briefing at 13:00
Race start: 13:20
Two races
Free sailing, games
De-brief and prize giving in the dinghy park after washing the boats.

Short dry practice:
Revision of previous session:
Where to sit in the boat?
Tiller extension – hold it like you would hold a microphone or an ice cream
Hiking
New topics:
main sheet
Double handed sheeting

Race course: like last week, two gates, reach both ways.
Hopefully with more stable wind this time.
YouTube channel: TBYCPicofleet
I plan to post the course on YouTube soon.
In the meantime see video “Race plan for 10 04 2016”. The new course is more simple, just with 2 gates, one gate is wider and serves as start line as well.

See you on the water.

Andras

Andras Gal
Pico fleet captain

Dear Cadets and Parents,